Consistency of the Union’s response and coordination
Article 15
1. The High Representative shall ensure the implementation of this Decision and its consistency with the Union’s external action as a whole, including the Union’s development programmes and its humanitarian assistance programmes. 2. The head of the civilian pillar and the head of the military pillar shall, without prejudice to the chain of command, receive local political guidance from the head of the Union delegation to Lebanon. 3. EUSM Lebanon shall coordinate its activities with Member States’ bilateral activities in the field of security and defence in Lebanon, Union institutions and relevant UN and Union agencies, as appropriate. EUSM Lebanon shall coordinate, where appropriate, with like-minded third States. The military pillar shall also work in close coordination with the Military Technical Committee for Lebanon (MTC4L), within the scope of its role in coordinating international support for the Lebanese Armed Forces.